From the Black Sea to the Cotswolds: Rare glass fish
Part of an 1,800 year-old glass fish, the only one of its type ever discovered in Britain, has been discovered in Gloucestershire.
Statues of Artemis and Apollo discovered at ancient Aptera
The Chania Ephorate of Antiquities is going ahead with the official presentation of an important archaeological discovery on Wednesday July 24.
Row between volcanologists and archaeologists over Pompeii’s ruins
A conflict has broken out between volcanologists and archaeologists about the volcanic rocks being chipped away in order to reveal the city’s treasures and secrets.
Archaeological evidence verifies long-doubted medieval accounts of First Crusade
An archaeological dig on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion has confirmed previously unverified details from the First Crusade in July of 1099.
NetWood: Wood Networks in Egypt from Antiquity to Islamic times
The “NetWood” conference aims to study in a diachronic and transdisciplinary way the economic and social networks around the use of wood in Egypt and Nubia from the Predynastic to the Ottoman period (AD 1914). Different local wood species are
La vaisselle en pierre des reines de Pépy Ier
Stone Vessels for the Pharaoh’s Ladies... Publication about the material found in the cemetery of the family of King Pepy I of the 6th Dynasty.
Ostraca de Krokodilô II
This volume contains private letters exchanged between the inhabitants of Krokodilo and the neighbouring forts, Phoinikon and Persou.
Slender-billed albatross skull from Pliocene discovered in New Zealand
Ornithologist Gerald Mayr, in conjunction with Alan Tennyson describe a previously unknown, extinct albatross species from the Pliocene.
Mytilene: A 57-year-old tourist was arrested with fragments of the petrified forest
He is the third tourist to Lesbos this summer to have been arrested with parts of the petrified forest of western Lesvos.
New Roman mosaic floor from Alexandria
Archaeologists of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw expedition found a the floor mosaic at the Kom el-Dikka site.
Tut’s golden coffin undergoes first restoration
It was transported to the GEM from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor in order to be restored for the first time since the tomb's discovery in 1922.
How did Mesolithic hunter-gatherers respond to changing climate?
The development of new hunting projectiles by European hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic may have been linked to territoriality in a rapidly-changing climate.
Our Sacred Beauty – Byzantine icons from Thessaloniki
All icons exhibited highlight in a silent but dynamic way the sacred beauty that was born in the city of Thessaloniki.
Heirs of last German Kaiser claim thousands of artworks
Negotiations are seen as continuing over a long period of time since “At the moment, the positions of the negotiating parties are still very far apart.”
Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology next exhibition "Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan," will open on August 23, 2019.
Ancient Nubia Now
“Ancient Nubia Now” features more than 400 highlights from the collection, many never before exhibited.
The Citizen in Late Antiquity
A reminder that the deadline for abstracts to the Citizen in Late
Antiquity workshop is on Friday the 26th of July.
Article by the Independent on excavations at Dhaskalio
The building complex that came to light on the islet ‟changes archaeologists’ understanding of Prehistoric Greece”, says the article.
Out of Africa and into an archaic human melting pot
Genetic analysis has revealed that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with at least five different archaic human groups as they moved out of Africa and across Eurasia.
Fossil of smallest old world monkey species discovered in Kenya
Researchers have announced the discovery of a tiny monkey, Nanopithecus browni that lived in Kenya 4.2 million years ago.
Stonehenge may have been built using lard
Pig fat could have been used to grease the sledges used to transport the massive stones of Stonehenge into position.
Researcher Position at the University of Cyprus
Applications are invited for the position of a Special Scientist in a 24 month programme at the University of Cyprus (Department of Classical Studies and Philosophy).
Maternal secrets of our earliest ancestors unlocked
A stunning new research result published today in Nature reveals for the first time the parenting habits of one of our earliest extinct ancestors.
Ancient Roman port history unveiled
Researchers successfully reconstructed anthropic influences on sedimentation, including dredging and canal gates use, in the ancient harbour of Portus.